I think Pinkava did Geri's Game.

Where is Pixarland? (Although I guess California Adventure is slowly becoming Pixarland; I liked that Monsters, Inc. ride.) Like I said earlier, "To be fair Disney was much more than just animation, and in that respect the analogy breaks down. But in the animation sense I think the Disney/Lasseter ...

Barnyard, August 2006

But the fact that Katzenberg and Bluth are more "restrained" is exactly my point. Note that I specifically said "what drives the 'Lasseter is the new Disney' is their similar public personalities".

As someone who actually has a bit of a personal stake in this debate, here's my $0.02. First of all Lasseter's Snow White is Toy Story. There is such a connection between these two films that on this point alone you could almost understand the Walt comparison. Disney and Lasseter took their respecti...

OK, if we're counting the Atari 2600 then that was my first too - technically! But I never considered it a computer in the way we think of PC's today.

(I still have that one too. No wonder I'm having so much trouble packing up my garage for the move!)

The very first computer I ever owned was a Commodore 16. No disk drive here, the 16 used a "Datasette" - basically a cassette recorder that allowed you to use audio tape to store programs and data! Unlike floppy disks which allowed you to see a list of the disk's contents, the datasette required you...

Not quite front page news on its release date, but here's something fun: Ant Bully ins out in theaters today and what better way to get in gear than with the Ant Bully Ant Squashing Game online! Please visit http://www.squashthebully.com/ where you can stick up for ants everywhere and squash some an...

Just got back too. It was surprisingly not bad. Not great by any means, but good. A few too many similarities to Antz and A Bug's Life. The happy ending wrapped up a little too neatly. Cage's voice acting seemed very out of character for the ant he was playing. And definitely a "kids movie" ;). But ...

I didn't say it was bad - I said it wasn't that good! There is a difference! stigma associated with animation that any and every animated film (except for the very few R rated ones like Heavy Metal) ought to be appropriate for kids I agree that that should not be the perception. However, if a studio...

Meg wrote:Not my favorite, but I like it!

The great thing about these logos is that if you don't like them it's not my fault! Blame the studio!

Here's the original:

Let's keep discussion about this film (which opens this week) in this merged thread instead of starting any new ones.

...And you of all people should know that not all animated films are intended for a child audience ( i.e. Corpse Bride). The vibe I got from all the trailers and tv spots I've seen is that Monster House was never supposed to be a kids movie. The fact that it is, for better or worse, an animated hor...

The Ant Bully, July 2006

I hate to be the first, but here goes. It wasn't that good. It wasn't as bad as I was afraid it could be. But still not great. Big downsides: - some of the character designs were difficult to even look at - some facial expressions looked very unnatural - some spots animation seemed choppy, like a ba...